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Chrysichthys
Chrysichthys is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa. Two fossil species are known. Chrysichthys macrotis, Van Neer, 1994, is known from the Miocene-Pliocene of the Albertine Rift in Uganda and Chrysichthys mahengeensis, Murray & Budney, 2003, is known from the Eocene of the Mahenge Formation, Tanzania.
45 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 45 known species
Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus
speciesChrysichthys nigrodigitatus
Chrysichthys ogooensis
speciesChrysichthys ogooensis
Chrysichthys auratus
speciesChrysichthys auratus
Chrysichthys aluuensis
speciesChrysichthys aluuensis
Chrysichthys maurus
speciesChrysichthys maurus
Chrysichthys brachynema
speciesChrysichthys brachynema
Chrysichthys thysi
speciesChrysichthys thysi
Kamba
speciesChrysichthys cranchii
Chrysichthys punctatus
speciesChrysichthys punctatus
Chrysichthys johnelsi
speciesChrysichthys johnelsi
Chrysichthys longidorsalis
speciesChrysichthys longidorsalis
Chrysichthys wagenaari
speciesChrysichthys wagenaari
Chrysichthys platycephalus
speciesChrysichthys platycephalus
Chrysichthys grandis
speciesChrysichthys grandis
Chrysichthys laticeps
speciesChrysichthys laticeps
Chrysichthys sianenna
speciesChrysichthys sianenna
Chrysichthys thonneri
speciesChrysichthys thonneri
Chrysichthys brevibarbis
speciesChrysichthys brevibarbis
Chrysichthys dageti
speciesChrysichthys dageti
Chrysichthys delhezi
speciesChrysichthys delhezi
Chrysichthys duttoni
speciesChrysichthys duttoni
Chrysichthys habereri
speciesChrysichthys habereri
Chrysichthys longibarbis
speciesChrysichthys longibarbis
Chrysichthys macropterus
speciesChrysichthys macropterus
Chrysichthys okae
speciesChrysichthys okae
Chrysichthys sharpii
speciesChrysichthys sharpii
Chrysichthys teugelsi
speciesChrysichthys teugelsi
Chrysichthys walkeri
speciesChrysichthys walkeri
African Bigeye Catfish
speciesChrysichthys longipinnis
Chrysichthys praecox
speciesChrysichthys praecox
Chrysichthys persimilis
speciesChrysichthys persimilis
Chrysichthys furcatus
speciesChrysichthys furcatus
Chrysichthys acsiorum
speciesChrysichthys acsiorum
Chrysichthys rueppelli
speciesChrysichthys rueppelli
Chrysichthys nyongensis
speciesChrysichthys nyongensis
Chrysichthys dendrophorus
speciesChrysichthys dendrophorus
Chrysichthys ansorgii
speciesChrysichthys ansorgii
Chrysichthys helicophagus
speciesChrysichthys helicophagus
Chrysichthys polli
speciesChrysichthys polli
Chrysichthys bocagii
speciesChrysichthys bocagii
Chrysichthys turkana
speciesChrysichthys turkana
Chrysichthys levequei
speciesChrysichthys levequei
Chrysichthys uniformis
speciesChrysichthys uniformis
Chrysichthys graueri
speciesChrysichthys graueri
Chrysichthys stappersii
speciesChrysichthys stappersii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87471.